Andrew Spector joined The Patterson Foundation as its ninth Fellow in August 2023 and was promoted to become TPF’s first Senior Fellow in October 2025.

During his time at TPF, Andrew worked on programs, strategy, and special projects across a variety of initiatives. Project highlights include conducting a strategy refresh for the Advancing Philanthropic Leadership initiative, developing an Artificial Intelligence strategy and leading the internal implementation task force, and stewarding the development of an impact investing strategy. Andrew was also a loaned consultant to the Bishop-Parker Foundation and the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation.

In September 2026, Andrew launched as a Senior Fellow and joined the Union for Reform Judaism as the Director of Movement Building and Innovation, a senior leadership role on the Jewish Life & Leadership team responsible for identifying opportunities, developing innovative approaches, and leading strategic initiatives that strengthen the Reform Movement and position it for the future.

Andrew is also co-founder of Philanthropic Action Lab, a national initiative to unlock philanthropy’s potential by enabling nonprofit and funder leaders to be real with each other and implement better and new ways of working together.

Previously, Andrew was in Tulsa, OK, directing Tulsa Changemakers, a K-12 youth leadership organization he co-founded while teaching 6th grade through Teach For America. Tulsa Changemakers was first incubated under the fiscal sponsorship of Leadership Tulsa, where Andrew worked as a Program Manager. From 2021–2023, Andrew and his co-founder successfully implemented a succession plan, which included making Tulsa Changemakers a permanent program of Leadership Tulsa. In 2018, Andrew was honored with Oklahoma’s NextGen Under 30 Award.

Andrew is originally from Bedford, MA, and currently lives in Somerville, MA. He holds a Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University Indianapolis and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the Honors College at College of Charleston. You can typically find Andrew walking the Somerville Community Path, going to poetry class, or hosting a Shabbat dinner.

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